John Agnew

John Agnew - Transcript [Interviewer is Janet McBain, Date of Recording 14 07 2018] [Start of Recording] [00:00]I: So, this is an interview with John Agnew for the Scottish Broadcasting Heritage Group's oral history project. The interviewer is Janet McBain, the date is 14 July 2018 an[…]

Bob Jordan

[…]nfortunately, he didn't know about that technique and if he did, he probably didn't have the nerve to do it. And then she was let run riot as an actress and lost the performance we had previously. So, directors taught me an awful lot as well, how to handle artists. You know quite a few of […]

Esther Harris

[…]now, at that time.Oh yes.I had elder brothers who were very well placed with Odhams Press. My brother Harris, the family name is Kamlish actually.Oh.K-a-m-l-i-s-h.Y es.And we, I had a brother Harris Kamlish who was director of advertising for Odham’s.Oh yes.And one was in the editorial. They al[…]

Gerry Anstiss

[…]had it when you're there you'd learn to speak it might be very rusty now what I used to go back to Rome I went back to Rome every year up until about 1956 it was it was a beautiful city beautiful I had a flat in the  parioli district which is like the hampstead of Rome via artinaga?but the unio[…]

David Attenborough

[…] to me I suppose one had thought that they were some kind of demi gods or some people with other human attributesNorman Swallow I remember, we're now 1956 obviously Suez I remember it soon after that you had an office in EalingDavid Attenborough: A long, long time after that, what happened then was,[…]

Richard (Dickie) Best

[…] otherassistants, there was a man called Carl Heck, I think he was the actualeditor whereas Stephen Harrison was supervising editor. They just gave me- I think this job was made for me in fact I have a feeling now, I didn'tthink that at the time but I have a feeling it may have been made for me.I di[…]

Cecil Buckland

[…]t's the intro? How are you going to do it? I: I'll do a quick ID. Right, interview with Glen Michael. Interviewer, John Frame. Date of interview - 20 May 2017. Right then! Glad you could get along. How did you first get into Scottish Television? R: I think you would have said by pure chanc[…]

Robert Scott

[…]17. OK, Robert, when and where were you born? R: I was born and brought up in Edinburgh. My Dad worked for Bank of Scotland and my Mum was a stay-at-home Mum. Although he was a banker, he was always interested in technology and I think it is through him that I got an interest in technology in g[…]

Sandy Ross

Sandy Ross - Transcript [Interviewer is Janet McBain, Date of Recording 14 07 2018] [Start of Recording] [00:00]I: This is an interview with Sandy Ross for the Scottish Broadcasting Heritage Group's Oral History project. The interviewer is Janet McBain, the date is 14th July 2018 and […]

Betty Willingale

This recording was transcribed by funds from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, University of Leeds) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co-Investigator, De Montfort University). (2015).BECTU History ProjectInterview n[…]
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